We’ve entered the dry spell on the football calendar that lasts between Super Bowl Sunday and the opening of legal tampering on March 11, which means the news cycle is about to be filled with rumors on a daily basis.
With multiple weeks of rumors still to come, now is a good time for a quick lesson in rumor literacy on social media.
Remember: Don’t immediately take a Twitter report as fact without verifying it yourself. Some rumors are based on actual information from a reputable source. Some are contrived by people looking for attention on the internet.